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1969 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBarry Switzer (4th season)
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,836)
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Missouri + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Nebraska + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 16 Colorado 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Kansas State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Kansas 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. It was the 75th season for the Sooners.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 20at Wisconsin*No. 6
W 48–2146,130[1]
September 27Pittsburgh*No. 6
W 37–854,576[1]
October 11vs. No. 2 Texas*No. 8
ABCL 17–2772,032[1]
October 18ColoradoNo. 12
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 42–3060,524[1]
October 25at No. 18 Kansas StateNo. 11
L 21–5935,615[1]
November 1Iowa State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 37–1453,811[1]
November 8at No. 9 MissouriNo. 20
ABCL 10–4460,378[1]
November 15Kansas
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 31–1556,462[1]
November 22No. 16 Nebraska
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
L 14–4452,367[1]
November 29at Oklahoma State
W 28–2741,315[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WB 37 Gary Jamar Jr
WR 83 Joe Killingsworth Sr
C 54 Bob Klitzman Jr
C 50 Ken Mendenhall Sr
QB 11 Jack Mildren So
TB 36 Steve Owens Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
RE 84 Jim Files Sr
DHB 26 Jerry Hetherington Jr
DHB 32 Rick Hetherington Sr
LB 82 Steve Zabel Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)

Oklahoma Sooners at Oklahoma State Cowboys
1 234Total
• Oklahoma 14 077 28
Oklahoma State 7 1406 27
Scoring summary
1OklahomaOwens 1-yard run (Derr kick)Oklahoma 7-0
1OklahomaKillingsworth 51-yard pass from Mildren (Derr kick)Oklahoma 14-0
1Oklahoma StCutburth 8-yard run (Pruss kick)Oklahoma 14-7
2Oklahoma StCutburth 1-yard run (Pruss kick)Tie 14-14
2Oklahoma StEben 7-yard pass from Cutburth (Pruss kick)Oklahoma St 21-14
3OklahomaOwens 1-yard run (Derr kick)Tie 21-21
4OklahomaMildren 34-yard run (Derr kick)Oklahoma 28-21
41:33Oklahoma StEben 7-yard pass from Cutburth (run failed)Oklahoma 28-27

Steve Owens rushed for a career-high 261 yards and broke the single season Big Eight touchdown record set by Nebraska's Bobby Reynolds in 1950.

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Awards and honors

1970 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Steve Zabel Linebacker 1 6 Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Files Linebacker 1 13 New York Giants
Steve Owens Running back 1 19 Detroit Lions
Ken Mendenhall Center 5 116 Atlanta Falcons
Jack Porter Center 8 187 New York Jets
Joe Killingsworth Wide receiver 17 420 Boston Patriots

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?SeasonID=1969
  2. ^ "Owens, Oklahoma Nip Cowboys, 28-27." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Nov 30.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-04-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm
  5. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1970.htm
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